Senate panel seeks transparency over sensitive health information exposed under Change Healthcare breach

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) compared the February cyber attack on Change Healthcare to the 2015 Office of Personnel Management breach at a Tuesday hearing, in terms of the impact to sensitive medical information of individuals and military personnel held by UnitedHealthcare Group.

“Change Healthcare processes roughly 15 billion healthcare transactions annually, and a third of American patients’ records pass through its digital doors,” Wyden said in opening remarks at the committee hearing.

Wyden said medical bills...